Means for securing corks or like stoppers in bottles.



No. 785,859. I P ATENTED MAR. 28, 1905.

' J. J. GHAVASSE.

MEANS FOR SECURING GORKS OR LIKE STOPPERS IN BOTTLES.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 19.- 1903.

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J. J. GHAVASSE.

MEANS FOR SECURING GORKS- 0R LIKE STOPPERS IN BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1903.

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f] 7 r J6 r Wnwzs Y UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES JOHNSON CHAVASSE, OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,859, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed June 19, 1903. Serial No. 162,223.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES JoHNsoN CHA- VAssE, mineral-water engineer, asubject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain and Ireland and of theBritish Dominions Beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, residing at 86 Newstreet, in the city of Birmingham, England, have invented certain newand useful Improved M eans for Securing Corks or Like Stoppers inBottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists of the herein-described improved means forsecuring corks or like stoppers in bottles, and particularly suchbottles as contain aerated mineral waters or other liquids underpressure.

My invention enables a cork stopper to be properly secured in the bottlewithout wiring by hand, and the means which I employ for securing thecork in the bottle as aforesaid is so arranged to instantly be broughtinto position to secure the cork stopper either by hand or by themachine by which the bottle is filled and corked, and, moreover, thebottle can be opened without the use of a corkscrew and without any fearof breaking the bottle, as is often done in opening internally-stopperedbottles or when the cork is hard to draw.

My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, on whichFigure 1 is a side view of an aerated-Water bottle with my inventionapplied. Fig. 2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of thesame. These views show the cork stopper in position in the bottlesecured by myinvention. Fig. 4 is a projected view of my inventionseparately from the bottle itself, and Fig. 5 is a side view andsectional plan of the portion of my invention which clips round thebottleneck. Fig.6 is a sectional elevation of the same bottle with myinvention pressed back ready for the cork stopper to be blown out. Fig.7 is a sectional side elevation of the same bottle, showing how thisinvention for securing the stopper permits of its being brought intooperation to secure the cork stopper while the latter is held inposition by the plunger of the bottle filling and stoppering machine.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In carrying out this invention I use as a stopper a short cork A, andthe mouth 6 of the bottle B is by preference made to taper slightlyoutwardly, so as to facilitate the blowing out of the cork by thepressure of the internal gases in opening the bottle, as hereinafterdescribed. Clipped round the bottleneck under the usual shoulder Z2 ofthe same is a wire or band C, to which is jointed the hoop or bail D,which is by preference formed of sheet metal and is made with two sidelimbs d d which at (Z (Z are jointed to the band C and which are made inone piece with the top portion (Z of the bail, which is made just highenough to clear the top of the bottle when the bail is turned about itsside pins d cl, and this top part (Z is by preference made flat to takeupon the top of the cork stopper A, so as to afford a proper bearing onthe same. The sides (Z' (Z of the bail are extended below the joints (Z(Z' and are bent round at (Z at the front of the bottle in the form of aleverlike loop, so that by pressing down this leverlike loop part cl ofthe bail or by pressing upwardly the top part (Z of the bail the saidtop part will be turned to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2immediately above the cork, so as to secure the same in the bottle. Whenit is desired to open the bottle, the sides 0? (Z are pressed back, asshown in Fig. 6, so as to turn the upper part (Z of the bail oif thecork stopper A, which is then forced out of the bottle by the internalpressure. To facilitate the pushing back of the sides (Z (Z asaforesaid, each of the said sides is made with a lateral projection forthe operators thumbs to bear against, these lateral projections beingmarked respectively d J. When the bottle is filled and corked, the corkA is secured by turning the upper part (Z of the bail over the top ofthe cork A, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, thereby securing the same,and when the bail is in this position the leverlike loop part d lies onor against the lower part of the bottle-neck, as shown, and thusprevents the bail from being turned over too far. hen the bail has beenturned back, as shown in Fig. 6, and the cork has been blown out, thebottle is perfectly free and open for the insertion of a rotary brushfor cleaning the same, and the loop part (1 takes against the upper partof the bottle-neck, as shown, and thus prevents the upper part of thehail from being turned down too far for the roller or part of thefilling-machine to catch onto the bail and raise it over the cork.

In order to enable the upper part of the bail d5 to clear the plunger E,which in a bottle filling and corking machine presses the cork A downinto the bottle, the upper part cl of the bail is bent or formed into acentral loop d, as shown in Fig. 3, just suificient to clear the plungerE, but leaving suflicient of the top part for the top of the cork tobear against. Thus the bail G can be turned up into position over thecork while the latter is held down by the plunger E, as in Fig. 7.

The band or wire C, which secures the bail D round the bottle-neck, canbe made in one or more pieces, as most convenient, but is by preferencemade in two pieces, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, and each of which formsone half of the band, the two halves being closed together at the sidesof the bottle and passing through holes W (Z in the sides of the bail D,the extreme end portions 0 c 0 a of the wire being bent outwardlyoutside the side arms d 6Z2 so as to keep the latter in position. Ifdesired, these projecting ends 0 c c 0* of the wires can be inclosed bymetal caps F and F, as shown in Fig. 5.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a band encircling a bottle-neck a sheet-metalcork-holder pivoted thereto having a portion to rest on the cork andhaving a loop part below said pivots adapted to come in contact with thebottleneck to form a stop to prevent the cork-holder from being turnedup or down too far.

2. In combination with a band encircling the bottle-neck a sheet-metalholder pivoted thereto having arms below said band and having a portionto rest on the cork said holder having also projections (Z (Z to bepressed by the fingers.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES JOHNSON CHAVASSE.

WVitnesses:

CHARLES BOSWORTH KELLEY, THOMAS J OHN Rowe.

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